bbunwe, embinabina.

envubu.

empala.

okufuna (chieftainship), okulya bbwami.

okwefuusa. a. riches, okwejolabya. a. friendship, okwesanyiriza, be affected, okwerogoya. speak affectedly, okudaadiira, okuteregga.

e- (li/ma) hipbone; hip.

a basket, container); overload (e. g., a person, a ship). Obuvunaanyizibwa yabubigise ku muntu omu. He placed the responsibility on one man. He burdened one person with the responsibility.

o- (bu/.) message; mission, assignment; ambassadorship, status as a diplomatic representative, cf. omubaka.

o- (bu/-) darkness; hardship, pressure, difficulty; uncertainty, cf. guba.

o- (bu/-) in-laws; relationship acquired by marriage; relationship of a man to his wife's brothers; disease or misfortune due to the violation of any of the prohibitions relating to in-laws; Parkinson's disease, eby'obuko, bride price. Tugenda ku buko. We are going to visit our in-laws. cf. ebiko, ^njuko.

o- (bu/-) relationship on the maternal side. Nfaanana bukojja. 1 resemble my mother's side of the family. cf. kojja.

o- (bu/-) leadership. cf. kulembera, omukulembeze.

o- (bu/-) ownership; authority, jurisdiction.

o- (bu/-) regency; guardianship (of a person), cf. kula, kuza.

o- (bu/-) office of overseer; overlordship; bishopric; diocese (Prot.). cf. laba, labiriza, omulabirizi.

o- (bu/-) judgeship; justice, cf. lamula, omulamuzi.

o- (bu/-) acquaintance, accyiaint- anceship. (esp. with people), cf. manya.

o- (bu/-) deputyship, the position of one who is second in command, cf. ^myuka, omumyuka.

o- (bu/-) citizenship, cf. -nnansi, ensi.

o- (bu/-) deputyship, position of one who is second in command/charge. cf. sigira, omusigire.

o- (bu/-) mission, task for which one is sent; relig. apostleship, disciple- ship. obutume obw'okwegayirira, apostleship of prayer, cf. tuma.

o- adv. like a needle, kuwenja buyiso, to search diligently for, search high and low for. kukutuka buyiso, to be terminated/broken off (of a frie ndship). cf. empiso.

o- (bu/-) kingdom; kingship; kabakaship. cf. kabaka.

o- (bu/-) chieftainship; position/ status of a high-ranking official, cf. omwami.

o- (bu/-) dictatorship. cf. nnakyemalira.

o- (bu/-) ownership; pol. ownership of private property, cf. ^nnyini, nnannyini.

ebintu, emigugu; ship c., okusiika ebintu; unship c., okusiikula ebintu, okuteekulula ebintu.

obwami.

n., ekibajjo.

v., okukoona, okubajja; (of teeth) okubongola; be chipped, okulibuka.

omukago.

well-trodden roads, omukwano omukuukuulivu, a well-established friendship, cf. kuukuutira.

okussa ekimu.

omukwano; sham f., olukwano.

obukuumi, omulabi rizi.

obubi, ennaku.

for which see the grammars. One usage which presents serious difficulties to the users of the dictionary must be mentioned here. ka- is the prefix for singular nouns of the ka/bu class. This class contains not only nouns proper to it, but in addition most other nouns can be converted to this class; in the latter case the resultant noun is a diminutive. In many cases sound changes obscure the relationship between the original noun and the diminutive: ente, cow; akate, small cow. ejjinja, rock; akayinja, stone, endabirwamu, mirror; akalabirwamu, small mirror.

a- (ka/bu) very small fly which resembles a mayfly. It is attracted to fruit, particularly bananas. Omukwano gubasaza mu kabu. (prov.) lit. Friendship causes them to cut into (i.e., to share even) a kabu. They are very close friends.

a- (ka/bu) small root; relationship / of blood, friends hip or association), cf. ^landa, omulandira.

a- (ka/bu) small branch/twig; small switch/whip. cf. 2omusanvu.

a- (ka/bu) small gourd used as a ladle or cup; cup. okunywamu akendo, to excel, win, come out on top. Eky'okunywa mu Uganda yonna akendo, kyaamufunyisa sikaala. The fact that he came out first in all Uganda enabled him to get a scholarship. cf. olwendo.

e- (ki/bi) strip of wood; chip of wood: SDlinter. shaving, cf. baiia. olu- bajjo.

e- (ki/bi) [Stt>. ] whip of hippopotamus hide; whip; whipping; lash of the whip.

e- (ki/bi) hip. cf. ekkugunyu, olukugunyu.

e- (ki/bi) drinking party; friendship; bond (between individuals), okulya ekinywi, to make a common cause. Ba kinywi kimu. They are close friends, cf. nywa.

e- (ki/bi) hole/bump in a road; fig. hardship, cf. sirikka, akasirikko.

e- (ki/bi) waist; hip; flank, loin.

e- (ki/bi) stem, rear end of a ship or boat.

e- (li/ma) hip; thigh; thigh bone. cf. ekikugunyu, olukugunyu.

to; at; among (of place, time and other relationships), ku mmeeza, on the table, ku lunaku luno, on this day. to express the partitive okulya emmere, to eat food; okulya ku mmere, to eat some food/ some of the food, ku lwa (before an infinitive), because of, on account of. Ku Iw'oku- beera omulwadde teyajja. Because he was sick (= because of being sick) he did not come, ku lwa (before a substantive), on behalf of. ku lwange, on my behalf, ku lwa Gavumenti, on behalf of the Government. Ali ku bwa Katonda. He is very seriously ill, lit. he is in the (obuyinza, power, implied) of God. Nze siri ku muntu ayagala okunywa omwenge. I do not care for a person who likes to drink beer. In form and function ku is related to the enclitic -ko, q. v.

e- (ki/bi) ship, boat; dhow.

ndabye) v.tr. see; perceive; find; get; greet, v.i. be conscious; be alive; be awake; be alert/perceptive, kulaba nnaku, to suffer greatly, experience hardships, kulaba binene to experience major troubles/difficulties, butaiaba muntu, to be proudly contemptuous of someone. kutuuka walaba, to attain a high station, get oneself in the limelight, kwessa

put a dent in; smooth off (a pot before it dries).

timbulula (-timbuludde) v.tr. conv. 1 & 2 take down (pictures, decorations, etc.). cf. akatimba, ekitimba, olutimba, olutimbe. timpula (-timpudde) v.i. beat, whip, thrash.

v. (a man), okutikka; (ship) okusiika; (gun) okusindirira.

o- (lu/n) chip; shaving; piece. cf. bajja, ekibajjo.

o- (lu/n) wound, scar or cut on the head received as a result of fighting. Baana na baana, ng'omu tannatema munne lubale. (prov.) lit. Children and children, as long as one does not inflict a wound on his companion. Friendship and good relations can continue as long as both parties treat each other with decency and respect.

0- (lu/n) Luganda, the language of Buganda; without caps, brotherhood; relationship. ow'oluganda, relative, relation; member of a brotherhood, amawanga agali mu luganda olumu ne Bungereza, the British Commonwealth, plur. ejinanda, relations, relatives. Ab'oluganda bita, bikonagana ne bitayatika. (prov.) Relatives are like calabashes, they knock together but do not break. Blood is thicker than water, cf. Obuganda, Omuganda, sseruganda.

o- (lu/n) thin, emaciated hip. cf. ekkugunyu.

o- no plur. (lu/n) false friendship, pretended friendship, cf. kwana, omu- kwano.

o- (lu/h) family; relationship; group; species; category. Ba luse. They are members of the same family. Nakibuuka, Mukasa amulinako oluse? Is Mukasa related to Nakibuuka?

o-(lu/n) spite spitefulness irritation; provocation, kugenza lusonso, to go somewhere in a provocative mood/with a chip on one's shoulder, cf. sonsa, 2 akasonso.

a- always plur. (li/ma) fat (particularly on the hips), okubinnla amabende, to put on weight.

ship.

okukuba egya mbaguta, to beat/whip severely.

e-: okukwata mu mbinabina,.to put the hands on the hips. cf. bina, akabina.

e- also occurs as mailo (n/n) special category of landed property. (The mailo system, providing for the confirmation of ownership and allotment of land, was devised at the beginning of the century), omu- kubi wa mmayiro, surveyor, okukuba emma- yiro, to survey, contr. mayiro.

e- (n/n) [Ste., Eng. mail] steamer, steamship; ship.

e- (n/n) antelope of the genus Hippotragus.

e- (n/n) remnants, remains; siftings; larger fragments which remain after grinding; survivors (in war, shipwreck, etc.). cf. wulunguka.